An equity score of 47/100 ranks Manzanita Elementary #858 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,727 per pupil, Manzanita Elementary ranks #1604 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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Schools
$13,727
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Manzanita Elementary operates 1 public schools serving 322 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Butte County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,727 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 18.9% local, 71.3% state, and 9.8% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 47/100, ranked #858 of 1526 in California against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 18.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 46.4% Hispanic or Latino, 42.8% White, 2.6% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Manzanita Elementary, enrolling 306 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Manzanita Elementary accounts for 95.0% of all Manzanita Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Manzanita Elementary a distant remainder — means Manzanita Elementary-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Manzanita Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 18.3% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Manzanita Elementary is typically wider than the Manzanita Elementary-aggregate figure suggests.